One Health is the collaborative effort of multiple disciplines working locally, nationally, and globally to attain sustainable optimal health for the ecosystem*. It is a cultural and behavioral concept with socioeconomic elements and impact.

*a biological community of living organisms (humans, animals, plants, and microbes) and their physical environment interacting as a system

Texas A&M One Health Summer Research Program in Nicaragua a Success

Five students and three faculty members from Texas A&M
University and a student from the University of Tennessee, College
of Veterinary Medicine recently returned from a month-long research
and service trip to Ometepe, Nicaragua. The students assisted a
local doctor in three independent clinics on the island during each
week, planted one medicinal and two vegetable gardens, held two
human and animal health fairs, trained nurses and local women in
CPR, and cooked a healthy meal for all the children in a
community.